Total Crime Rate

46.6 per 1,000 5/10 · Typical

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 46.6 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 17.7 4/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 13.3 6/10
  • Public order 6.7 6/10
  • Other theft 4.4 4/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 2.2 1/10
  • Drugs 2.2 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Carlton Avenue area has the 22nd lowest crime rate of 124 local areas in Bilston North , and the 245th lowest crime rate of 784 local areas in Wolverhampton .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Carlton Avenue (WV14 6NR) in the last 12 months was 46.6 per 1,000 residents and was 66.7% lower than the Bilston North average (139.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 24.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -38.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 29.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Carlton Avenue (WV14 6NR), the main crime hotspot is near Lonsdale Road. Police recorded 27 crimes here, including 19 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Carlton Avenue area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lunt Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lunt Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Beccles Drive Offender given a caution
Sep 2025Other theft Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Boswell Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Jean Hasketh Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Jean Hasketh Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Jean Hasketh Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Russell Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Norbury Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lunt Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bilston Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Connaught Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Connaught Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Castlecroft Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Brueton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Poplar Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Brueton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Brueton Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Brueton Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Castlecroft Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Brueton Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Beccles Drive Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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